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WASHINGTON – July 18 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prevents its scientists from examining health risks of coal combustion wastes being added to consumer, agricultural and commercial products even though the agency promotes these practices as safe, according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).  Despite a scathing Office of [...]

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WASHINGTON – July 18 – The Turkish authorities must halt a series of heavy-handed forced evictions which have resulted in a number of vulnerable families in central Istanbul being made homeless, Amnesty International said today. Dozens of families in the Tarlabaþý district are facing forced eviction as a result of an urban regeneration project. The [...]

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NEW YORK – July 18 – In a case with precedential value for internet free speech, National Lawyers Guild members Larry Hildes of Bellingham, Washington, Devin Theriot-Orr of Seattle, and Mark Sniderman of Indiana successfully defended several activists who received subpoenas from Mt. Hope Baptist Church demanding they turn over their internet account records. Federal [...]

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WASHINGTON – July 18 – AP reports: “Reigniting a partisan fight over banking regulations, President Barack Obama intends to nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to lead a consumer protection bureau that was a central feature of a law overhauling the rules that govern the financial sector. “Obama plans to announce the nomination formally [...]

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ST. HELIER, JERSEY, UK – July 18 – After a victory yesterday for those seeking to reform the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the annual meeting in Jersey was in disarray today (Thur) after several countries staged a walkout. A UK proposal on greater transparency and effectiveness at the IWC was adopted by consensus yesterday. Today, [...]

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – July 18 – The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club and Los Padres ForestWatch filed a formal protest today to stop the Bureau of Land Management from leasing out 2,600 acres of environmentally sensitive land in Monterey and Fresno counties for oil and gas development. The leasing of this federal mining-estate land [...]

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WASHINGTON – July 18 – Dow Jones reports: “The Senate Finance committee plans Thursday to make another attempt to start informal debate on proposed trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, after Republicans on the panel boycotted last week’s meeting.” ARTHUR STAMOULIS, arthur at citizenstrade.org Executive director of the Citizens Trade Campaign, Stamoulis said [...]

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WASHINGTON – July 18 – Elizabeth Warren was the obvious best choice to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Wall Street and the Big Banks did not want her to get the job. President Barack Obama decided to succumb to those interests, rather than fight for the American people. Warren originated the idea of [...]

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WASHINGTON – July 18 – New public opinion analysis by Latino Decisions demonstrates that immigration remains salient and motivating for Latino voters in the United States due to their personal connection to the debate.  As the polling makes clear, the rise in deportations and ongoing inaction on comprehensive immigration reform will directly affect Latino voters’ [...]

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WASHINGTON – July 18 – After the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held its first day of hearings about a proposed rule that would potentially remove frivolous litigation and delays in union elections, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “In a year of unprecedented attacks on [...]

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